Books: One Leg, Single Mind

HIGH HATS AND Low Bows—Ellery Walter—Putnam ($3).*

Ellery Walter, young (25), one-legged and cheerful, attended the University of Washington, then set out to see the world. Part of his travels he has told about in The World on One Leg. In High Hats and Low Bows he recites with cheerful candor the high spots of a celebrity-hunting expedition during a summer in Europe.

Part of the time he paid his way by tutoring two small boys. When his leg began to bother him and he had to have another operation he lost his job. But he...